#8A6CB4#8A6CB4

#8A6CB4 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.111 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6CB4
RGB	rgb(138, 108, 180)
HSL	hsl(265, 32%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(265, 40%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 40%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.18, 26.82, -33.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.18, 43.20, 308.37°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% 0.0596 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.111 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.0802, 19.4237, 45.6517)
Luminance	0.1942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6CB4 #96B46C

analogous

#6C72B4 #8A6CB4 #AE6CB4

triadic

#8A6CB4 #B48A6C #6CB48A

tetradic

#8A6CB4 #B46C72 #96B46C #6CB4AE

square

#8A6CB4 #B46C72 #96B46C #6CB4AE

split-complementary

#8A6CB4 #B4AE6C #72B46C

monochromatic

#4E386E #6B4D96 #8A6CB4 #AA95C9 #CBBDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#8A6CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#8A6CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6CB4

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6CB4	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A79B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617AB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#837887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 108, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.111 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad96cb',
    500: '#8a6cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6cb4;
$custom-light: #ad96cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58986,
    "c": 0.11147,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6CB4

secondary

#C0CDAF

accent

#C95F9D

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6CB4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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